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The visceral reactions - the tone of the responses - to this, say more than the content of any of the posts by orders of magnitude. I'll keep my basic response relatively short as I can see this thread being "cleansed" (also the reason I am not quoting anyone) :

I think Brand is brilliant, in the true sense of the word. I think he is a confused, frustrated genius who struggles to water-down what he has to say enough to make it suitable for consumption by a general public who don't already instinctually "feel" the world that he describes, and when he talks there's a certain element of it being a relentless thought process that he is simply sharing. I agree with almost everything he has to say.

A note to kirk: consider, please, that just because you personally are confused by or don't understand what he is saying, does not mean that it is objectively confusing or incomprehensible. You are not the benchmark by which the clarity of thoughts or opinions are measured. For example, the meaning of "an armageddon for the individual" is perfectly clear to me without any further explanation. I can't break it down and explain it in a way that you will understand - no one here can - it's either the sort of concept that you just think "yes, absolutely" as soon as you hear it or its one that you will likely never understand.

I guess Brand's only major fault, then, is "preaching to the choir" - the people who hear him speak and understand his message perfectly are those who already agree with and understand that message.

That's not necessarily a problem. Watching his videos and just gaining the knowledge that other people out there do see things the same way you do, understand the world as you understand it, can be quite comforting. I guess something like "the trews" is sort of like a sermon, in that respect. He often comes out with things that succinctly express ideas that are already in my head as a jumble of static and random thoughts. One liners that I hear and think "YES! That's it! That's what I've been trying to express!".

His use of language can be convoluted and obscure but IMO his videos are for those people as I described above, and not for those like yourself, who wouldn't understand what he has to say no matter how it was phrased.

That's not to insult your intelligence or a skills of comprehension. In the past you've struggled to understand things I've said on here or completely misunderstood them when other members have found it to be perfectly clear. Likewise, you yourself have expressed the same feeling of being misunderstood when you feel you are being clear. We each just have a completely different set of beliefs.